"There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written. "
— Oscar Wilde

Edinburgh: Canongate, 2005. [Greek Mythological Fiction] SIGNED FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.xvi; 199 [1]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page. Publisher's black paper over boards, with grey titles to spine and a grey device to upper. Black patterned endpapers. With the dust-jacket illustrated..... More
London: Faber and Faber, 2007. [Theatre] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.viii; 435; [5]. With a suite of four double-sided colour photographic plates. INSCRIBED by the author in blue ink to title page: "For Edward | Best Wishes | Michael Billington | 19th November 2007". Publisher's orange cloth..... More
New York, NY: Screen Gems-Columbia Music, 1966. [Pop Songsheet] ORIGINAL SONGSHEET. Magazine format (28 x 22cm). Musical notation and words to the song 'She' by The Monkees. One large leaf of card, folded once, with a colour photograph to font cover. Price label partially removed to lower right corner of..... More
[James Bond Films] SIGNED STILL. One colour still from Lewis Gilbert's 1967 film, SIGNED by Michael Chow (Spectre 4) in blue marker. Mounted on white card ready to frame. Total dimensions 26 x 31cm. More
Hastings: Hastings Printing Company, September 1962. [Music Tour Programme] ORIGINAL PROMOTIONAL BOOKLET. Large octavo (24 x 18cm), pp.[8]. Black and white photographs of some artists / bands in the line-up. Publisher's yellow photographic soft covers, stapled twice, and priced at 1s. Hole-punched, with some light wear to edges and a...... More
London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1964. [English Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.223; [1], blank. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine, colourful dust-jacket illustrated by Quentin Blake, priced at 18s. net. Book is fine. In a very good jacket, a little worn/frayed at crown and toned to..... More
London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1965. [English Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.223; [1], blank. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine, colourful dust-jacket illustrated by Quentin Blake, priced at 18s. net. Near fine, with one shallow chip to crown. The author's third novel. More
London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1962. [English Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.216. Publisher's dark red cloth with gilt titles to spine, colour dust-jacket illustrated by Quentin Blake, priced at 18s. net. Top edge dusty/spotted, jacket with two neat tears to front panel, stabilised to reverse side, some light..... More
Göttingen: Steidl, 2011. [Photography] FIRST EDITION. Three volumes. Quarto (34 x 33cm), pp.728. Publisher's blue, red and yellow cloth with black titles to spine. With the grey cloth-covered slipcase titled in yellow and orange, still in the original shrink wrap. A fine, as-new copy. William Eggleston's standing as one of..... More
Nicosia: Printed for the author by I.G. Kassoulides & Son, 2007. [Cypriot History] REVISED ENGLISH EDITION. Octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.448. With frequent in-text black and white illustrations, and a suite of eight double-sided colour photographic plates. Publisher's soft covers with flaps, not priced. A little light handling. Near fine..... More
London: Macdonald and Jane's, 1979. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. Small quarto (25 x 25cm), pp.[26]. Every page fully illustrated in colour by Kakimoto. Publisher's colour-illustrated paper-covered boards, with the matching dust-jacket priced at £3.50. Wear and chipping to edges and corners. One tape burn and some other marks..... More
London: Neville Spearman, 1963. [Fantasy] FIRST EDITION, ADVANCE REVIEW COPY. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.215. Publisher's orange cloth binding lettered in black to spine, illustrated dust-wrapper by Nicholls, priced at 15s. net. A little dustiness to edges, jacket lightly soiled with a few small nicks. Publisher's review slip to flyleaf..... More
London: Chatto and Windus, 1999. INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp.287. Bound in publisher's blue cloth with silver titles and publisher's imprint to spine, grey map endpapers, showing map of Siberia. Pictorial dustjacket shows snowfield, with titles in white to front cover and spine, rear cover displays quotations from prominent reviewers;..... More
Guildford: Genesis Publications, 1997. [Music / Film Photography] LIMITED EDITION. Quarto (31 x 22cm), pp.130. No 1026 of 1750 copies SIGNED by Jurgen Vollmer. Foreword by Sir Paul McCartney. 140 illustrations from photographs. Quarter bound with gilt-stamped covers, all edges silver, housed in a Kodak-style lid and tray box. With..... More